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Definition of Fivepence
1. Noun. A coin worth five cents.
Definition of Fivepence
1. Noun. A monetary amount of five pence. ¹
2. Noun. A coin of this value. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fivepence
Literary usage of Fivepence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wealth and Progress: A Critical Examination of the Wages Question by George ( Gunton (1897)
"It was simply because fivepence a day was sufficient to defray their cost of living.
A permanent rise in the rate of real wages never occurs except from a ..."
2. Through Norway with a knapsack by William Mattieu Williams (1876)
"A misunderstanding, a reconciliation, a supper, a bed, and a breakfast, all for
fivepence halfpenny — A sandy region and its probable origin — Bilious ..."
3. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"... is derived from Tupigny, in Flanders, although pence-names were quite familiar
in the hereditary surname period. fivepence, Fourpence ..."
4. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in by Edward William Cox (1851)
"With regard to the six shillings and fivepence in question, it appeared that one
Samuel Knight, a member of the lodge, lived in Birmingham, but requested ..."
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